Tag Archives: bluetooth beacons
The Physical Web is dead, long live the physical web
February 2, 2018, by Martin Clancy
Launched in 2014 Google’s Physical Web project promised much, but seems to have died a quiet death over the last few months. This post takes a look at what the technology promised, and the speed bumps it hit along the way that may ultimately prove to have derailed it. Everything is a tap away Google’s... Read More
2016 Year in review: Highlights from the mobile web
December 15, 2016, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
2015 was a hard act to follow. That year, we noted, was an exceedingly good year for mobile, with highlights including advances in progressive web apps, web performance, and the Physical Web. Many of these themes have continued into 2016. From this viewpoint, 2016 was more of a year of iterative progression, than of pure... Read More
Google’s Beacon Platform and the Physical Web
December 8, 2016, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
A lot has changed in a short time in Google’s beacon platform. Perhaps not to be unexpected given that it’s a relatively new technology. Beacons that you can purchase today generally have several broadcast modes to choose from, including iBeacon, Eddystone-EID, and Eddystone-URL. Some can broadcast multiple modes at once, while others must be configured... Read More
Eddystone beacon technology and the Physical Web
March 25, 2016, by Tomas Trnka
With more players supporting Eddystone bluetooth beacon technology it’s important to look at it from the web developer perspective. This article will reveal how it all works behind the scenes, show how to optimize a website for Physical Web beacons across different implementations, and discuss its caveats... Read More
Bluetooth beacons beckon bold builders
October 28, 2015, by ronan
Bluetooth beacons have always been an alluring prospect for developers. Small, cheap and with a long battery life, they brim with potential save for one fatal flaw: they generally require users to have an app installed on their device to be noticed. Without a beacon-aware app, their presence generally goes unnoticed entirely... Read More
